Sitting is the New Smoking

Many of us with chronic illness or migraine find ourselves dealing with our condition, lying or sitting, a good deal of the day. If we could we would move more or go out. But the truth is that sitting all day is simply not good for you. It's been called "the new smoking" in terms of how bad it is for your health.

What if you could do your work standing? Indeed, it's a double benefit: the more time you stand, the less time you sit.

Enter my new favorite life-toy: The Standing Desk. This thing sits on top of your desk (no need for a new desk) and with adjustable clamps on either side, you can raise it up or down anytime you like. To stand you move it up, move your keyboard and mouse up and voila.

What I love most about it is that when you finally sit, it's because you are looking forward to it, not because you feel like crap because you've been sitting all day. I've been using it for about 4 months and it's my favorite piece of furniture.

There are all sorts of standing desks now, including ones with a treadmill which you might want to do if you want to burn some more calories and some more cash. All you have to do is google "standing desks" and there are tons of reviews comparing them. If you want expensive, you can get something beautiful. If you want something down and dirty that works great, here is the one I got for $275.

Depression goes along with chronic conditions, and sitting and lying down all day, while often necessary, also exacerbate our conditions. Workers with chronic illness unite -- and start standing up for standing desks!